http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/topicsandactivities/toolkits/incarceration

I know Professor Sikand posted the John Oliver’s satirical version on the subject of parent incarceration but I looked up the specific episode and found that there was a whole web page on the subject on Sesamestreet.com. This was a bigger deal on show then I expected. The subject went on for a while, they had animation on visiting dad in prison, they had songs, they had specific stories of kids with incarcerated parents, and multiple clips of parents giving advice on how to handle a situation like this. Then on the physical website there is a kid kit with many tools that parents and children can use to help deal with having a parent in jail. Then finally at the bottom there are 7 tips. I think it is important that this subject is being addressed and talked about but it says a lot about what is happening in America. The fact that so many kids are dealing with living with an incarcerated parent to the point where they need to be represented on Sesame Street shows just how many we are putting in jail. Seeing this online was very unsettling.